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January 6, 2025 7:42 AM

Wisconsin’s Evers revives plan to enable voters to repeal and create state laws

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is reviving his plan to enable voters to repeal and create state laws, this time through the state budget.

by The Associated Press

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January 6, 2025 7:12 AM

Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge, in stark contrast to 2021 violence

Lawmakers convened under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify the vote, with the reading of the electoral results from the states coming swiftly.

by The Associated Press

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January 6, 2025 6:36 AM

Nippon, U.S. Steel file suit after Biden administration blocks $15 billion deal

Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.

by The Associated Press

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January 6, 2025 5:08 AM

Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters

President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.

by The Associated Press

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January 6, 2025 4:00 AM

Jan. 6 still divides people. Is there a productive way to move past it?

The riots at the U.S. Capitol, driven by unsubstantiated claims of a stolen presidential election, continue to divide people who see the day’s events differently.

by Catharine Richert

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January 5, 2025 8:30 AM

Sales of Minnesota blackout license plates exceed 250,000 in first year

More than a quarter-million vehicles in the state now have the plates featuring a simple design of white letters and numbers on a black background.

by Andrew Krueger

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January 5, 2025 7:00 AM

As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'

A police officer defended the Capitol from violent rioters on Jan. 6. With President-elect Donald Trump poised to pardon the rioters, he now asks, “what did I risk my life for?”

by Tom Dreisbach

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January 4, 2025 1:36 PM

A Pulitzer winner quits Washington Post after a cartoon on Bezos is killed

Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

by David Folkenflik

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January 3, 2025 3:17 PM

Trump will be sentenced Jan. 10 in New York case, days before his inauguration

In a decision Friday, New York Judge Juan Merchan noted that his inclination was to not impose a sentence of incarceration.

by Ximena Bustillo

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January 3, 2025 1:35 PM

Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker vote after dramatic floor vote

Republican Mike Johnson has won re-election to House speakership on first-round voting. He pushed past GOP holdout and got a boost from President-elect Donald Trump.

by The Associated Press

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Politics and Election News

Wisconsin’s Evers revives plan to enable voters to repeal and create state laws

Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge, in stark contrast to 2021 violence

Nippon, U.S. Steel file suit after Biden administration blocks $15 billion deal

Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters

Jan. 6 still divides people. Is there a productive way to move past it?

Sales of Minnesota blackout license plates exceed 250,000 in first year

As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'

A Pulitzer winner quits Washington Post after a cartoon on Bezos is killed

Trump will be sentenced Jan. 10 in New York case, days before his inauguration

Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker vote after dramatic floor vote

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